Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'both' occurs 548 times in the standard works.

89 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'both' in the standard works and contain 16.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 33 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 11:43-44 (5 in 2 verses)

Hel. 6:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)


Lev. 20:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

 20:11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

 20:12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

 20:14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.




Philip. 4:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 10:16 (3 in 1 verse)

Alma 1:30 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 22:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Rom. 1:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 19:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Morm. 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 43:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 36:29 (2 in 1 verse)

John 15:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 8:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 14:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 14:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 8:27 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 18:25 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 5:49 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 52:35 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 6:2 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 102:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 135:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 6:63 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 6:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 1:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 13:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 26:33-27:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 254 33 287
Gen. 30 3 33
Ex. 20 0 20
Lev. 18 0 18
Num. 29 4 33
Deut. 8 0 8
Josh. 4 1 5
Judg. 8 0 8
Ruth 1 0 1
1 Sam. 19 0 19
2 Sam. 5 0 5
1 Kgs. 7 20 27
2 Kgs. 8 3 11
1 Chr. 8 2 10
2 Chr. 7 0 7
Ezra 2 0 2
Neh. 7 0 7
Esth. 6 0 6
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 10 0 10
Prov. 7 0 7
Eccl. 4 0 4
Isa. 9 0 9
Jer. 17 0 17
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 9 0 9
Dan. 2 0 2
Micah 2 0 2
Nahum 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
NT 107 0 107
BM 116 0 116
DC 57 0 57
PGP 14 0 14
TOTAL 548 33 581

Lev. 6:28
But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.

Lev. 8:11
And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.

Lev. 9:3
And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;

Lev. 15:18
The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

Lev. 16:21
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

Lev. 17:15
And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.

Lev. 20:11
And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Lev. 20:12
And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

Lev. 20:13
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Lev. 20:14
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

Lev. 20:18
And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

Lev. 21:22
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

Lev. 22:28
And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.

Lev. 25:41
And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.

Lev. 25:44
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

Lev. 25:54
And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him.

Lev. 27:28
Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord.

Lev. 27:33
He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.